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Turn a trusted pharmacy relationship into ongoing support.

Introduce patients during medication conversations. HealthyConnect carries the ongoing care operation, while your pharmacy contributes medication context and qualifying coordination.

New to ACCESS? Medicare’s ACCESS model pays participating providers for technology-supported chronic care with payment tied to outcomes. HealthyConnect delivers care alongside patients’ existing clinicians.

A pharmacist speaking with a patient
Start with the trusted conversation at the pharmacy.

What changes for your patients?

A patient raises a medication concern during a refill conversation. The pharmacy connects the patient with HealthyConnect and stays involved through relevant updates.

A clear division of work

YOUR TEAM

Keep the clinical relationship

Make the introduction; name the review owner; complete and document qualifying medication-related coordination.

HEALTHYCONNECT

Carry the ongoing operation

HealthyConnect handles enrollment, patient follow-through and updates through the agreed channel.

Make the review opportunity practical

See the pharmacist’s workflow beside modeled review economics. The detailed guidance explains the applicable pharmacy billing pathway.

Estimated $267 per modeled review hour. First-year illustration: $150 per patient at 1.5 qualifying tracks and 33.75 modeled review minutes. Includes qualifying onboarding revenue; onboarding and administrative time are additional. Actual payments vary. See the calculation and requirements ↗

The pharmacy review opportunity

CMS lists pharmacies with Specialty Code A5 as eligible for ACCESS co-management payments beginning October 1, 2026. Qualifying work includes reviewing the care update and completing a related coordination activity, with at least five minutes of practitioner time.

Source: CMS co-management payment billing guidance ↗